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	In 2022, he featured six times in the 2nd XI Championship for Middlesex Second XI, scoring 171 runs. He also represented the England Young Lions.<ref name="contract">{{cite web\|first=Elizabeth\|last=Botcherby\|date=23 November 2022\|accessdate=11 November 2023\|title= Nathan Fernandes signs rookie contract with Middlesex \|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/nathan_fernandes_signs_rookie_contract_with_middlesex.html}}</ref>		In 2022, he featured six times in the 2nd XI Championship for Middlesex Second XI, scoring 171 runs. He also represented the England Young Lions.<ref name="contract">{{cite web\|first=Elizabeth\|last=Botcherby\|date=23 November 2022\|accessdate=11 November 2023\|title= Nathan Fernandes signs rookie contract with Middlesex \|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/nathan_fernandes_signs_rookie_contract_with_middlesex.html}}</ref>

	Fernandes made his [[T20 Cricket]] debut for Middlesex on 25 May 2022, against [[Surrey County Cricket Club\|Surrey]]. He took a wicket with his second ball, bowling to [[Sunil Narine]] in the power play.<ref>{{cite web\|website=Hamhigh.co.uk\|url= https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/sport/23549657.t20-blast-middlesex-made-pay-curran-brothers/\|first=Jon\|last=Batham\|accessdate=11 November 2023\|title= T20 Blast: Middlesex made to pay by Curran brothers\|date=26 May 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, Fernandes signed a first professional contract with Middlesex.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.cricketworld.com/nathan-fernandes-earns-first-professional-contract-with-middlesex/83519.htm\|title= Nathan Fernandes earns first professional contract with Middlesex\|accessdate=22 April 2024\|date=23 November 2022}}</ref~~><ref name="contract"/~~>		Fernandes made his [[T20 Cricket]] debut for Middlesex on 25 May 2022, against [[Surrey County Cricket Club\|Surrey]]. He took a wicket with his second ball, bowling to [[Sunil Narine]] in the power play.<ref>{{cite web\|website=Hamhigh.co.uk\|url= https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/sport/23549657.t20-blast-middlesex-made-pay-curran-brothers/\|first=Jon\|last=Batham\|accessdate=11 November 2023\|title= T20 Blast: Middlesex made to pay by Curran brothers\|date=26 May 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, Fernandes signed a first professional contract with Middlesex.<ref name="contract"/><ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.cricketworld.com/nathan-fernandes-earns-first-professional-contract-with-middlesex/83519.htm\|title= Nathan Fernandes earns first professional contract with Middlesex\|accessdate=22 April 2024\|date=23 November 2022}}</ref>

	He made his [[First-class cricket]] debut for Middlesex against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club\|Northants]] on 12 April 2024 aged 19 years-old. He scored 103 in the Middlesex first innings to become the youngest Middlesex first-class debutant to score a century since 1862.<ref name="paper">{{cite web\|url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/\|title=Fernandes showing different strokes\|website=The Cricket Paper\|accessdate=22 April 2024\|date=21 April 2024\|archive-date=22 January 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122000652/https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/apr/14/county-cricket-essex-v-kent-gloucs-v-yorkshire-more-live\|website=The Guardian\|first=Tanya\|last=Aldred\|accessdate=23 April 2024\|title= County cricket: Essex v Kent, Surrey v Somerset, and more on day three – as it happened\|date=14 April 2024}}</ref>		He made his [[First-class cricket]] debut for Middlesex against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club\|Northants]] on 12 April 2024 aged 19 years-old. He scored 103 in the Middlesex first innings to become the youngest Middlesex first-class debutant to score a century since 1862.<ref name="paper">{{cite web\|url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/\|title=Fernandes showing different strokes\|website=The Cricket Paper\|accessdate=22 April 2024\|date=21 April 2024\|archive-date=22 January 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122000652/https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/apr/14/county-cricket-essex-v-kent-gloucs-v-yorkshire-more-live\|website=The Guardian\|first=Tanya\|last=Aldred\|accessdate=23 April 2024\|title= County cricket: Essex v Kent, Surrey v Somerset, and more on day three – as it happened\|date=14 April 2024}}</ref>

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nathan Fernandes
| image =
| full_name = Nathan Shane Fernandes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Margao, Goa]], India
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]]
| role = All rounder
| family =
| club1 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2023–present}}
| clubnumber1 = 18
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| debutdate1 = 12 April
| debutyear1 = 2024
| debutfor1 = Middlesex
| debutagainst1 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northants]]
| type2= [[List A cricket|LA]]
| debutdate2 = 24 July
| debutyear2 = 2024
| debutfor2 = Middlesex
| debutagainst2 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 437
| bat avg1 = 23.00
| 100s/50s1 = 1/2
| top score1 = 103
| deliveries1 = 313
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 44.40
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/53
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 22
| runs2 = 683
| bat avg2 = 35.94
| 100s/50s2 = 1/3
| top score2 = 112
| deliveries2 = 324
| wickets2 = 5
| bowl avg2 = 61.40
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/31
| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 7
| runs3 = 11
| bat avg3 = 2.75
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 8
| deliveries3 = 78
| wickets3 = 4
| bowl avg3 = 35.00
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 1/6
| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
| date = 13 August 2026
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/nathan-fernandes-1260075 Cricinfo
}}

'''Nathan Shane Fernandes''' (born 26 April 2004) is an English professional cricketer who plays for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathan Fernandes |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2171/2171289/2171289.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> He is a left-arm orthodox spin bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his [[first-class cricket]] debut for Middlesex on 12 April 2024 against Northants. He made his T20 Blast debut for Middlesex against Surrey on 25 May 2023.

==Early life==
Fernandes is of [[Goan]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Margao to Middlesex, Nathan enters record books with debut ton |url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFfrom-margao-to-middlesex-nathan-enters-record-books-with-debut-ton/112763.html |website=The Goan |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> He joined the [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]] Academy at U12 level.<ref name="contract"/> He was also a keen swimmer in his youth.<ref name="paper"/>

==Career==
In 2022, he featured six times in the 2nd XI Championship for Middlesex Second XI, scoring 171 runs. He also represented the England Young Lions.<ref name="contract">{{cite web|first=Elizabeth|last=Botcherby|date=23 November 2022|accessdate=11 November 2023|title= Nathan Fernandes signs rookie contract with Middlesex |url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/nathan_fernandes_signs_rookie_contract_with_middlesex.html}}</ref>

Fernandes made his [[T20 Cricket]] debut for Middlesex on 25 May 2022, against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. He took a wicket with his second ball, bowling to [[Sunil Narine]] in the power play.<ref>{{cite web|website=Hamhigh.co.uk|url= https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/sport/23549657.t20-blast-middlesex-made-pay-curran-brothers/|first=Jon|last=Batham|accessdate=11 November 2023|title= T20 Blast: Middlesex made to pay by Curran brothers|date=26 May 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, Fernandes signed a first professional contract with Middlesex.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cricketworld.com/nathan-fernandes-earns-first-professional-contract-with-middlesex/83519.htm|title= Nathan Fernandes earns first professional contract with Middlesex|accessdate=22 April 2024|date=23 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="contract"/>

He made his [[First-class cricket]] debut for Middlesex against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northants]] on 12 April 2024 aged 19 years-old. He scored 103 in the Middlesex first innings to become the youngest Middlesex first-class debutant to score a century since 1862.<ref name="paper">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/|title=Fernandes showing different strokes|website=The Cricket Paper|accessdate=22 April 2024|date=21 April 2024|archive-date=22 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122000652/https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/county-championships/396840/fernandes-showing-different-strokes/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/apr/14/county-cricket-essex-v-kent-gloucs-v-yorkshire-more-live|website=The Guardian|first=Tanya|last=Aldred|accessdate=23 April 2024|title= County cricket: Essex v Kent, Surrey v Somerset, and more on day three – as it happened|date=14 April 2024}}</ref>

Fernandes signed a new contract with Middlesex in February 2025, tying him into the club until the end of the 2027 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c98308k2ewko|title=Fernandes extends Middlesex deal to 2027|date=11 February 2025 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=18 February 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Fernandes studied a Business and Management degree at [[Royal Holloway University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middlesexccc.com/news/2022/11/nathan-fernandes-awarded-two-year-rookie-professional-contract|website=middlesexccc|accessdate=23 April 2024|title= NATHAN FERNANDES AWARDED TWO-YEAR ROOKIE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Middlesex County Cricket Club squad}}

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